Islam in Europe: perception and reality

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm sure that Heat can answer for himself, but I'd guess that his point is that "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

Intentions, may I add, that likely don't mean a damned thing to the family just finished with burying Mom.

Of course. Nor do they mean a damned thing to imbeciles who believe the U.S. is the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world, or the most evil regime on the planet. Remember that the debate here of recent began with this little gem of stupidity:

how dare anyone compare us to the likes of ISIS, clearly we are way above that. Disgusting mentality

Well, the thing is, this isn't a court of law, and the folks on the receiving end of the ordnance are not going to assess intent in determining "manslaughter", "murder", or "negligent homicide" as the charge.

This is the crux of the difficulty you and Abaris are having. You personally may consider intent to be so important as to forgive your wife's killer, but you'd be a rare man indeed for it.

I know that we're not the moral equivalent of ISIS, but I know that we have done our own morally-despicable things in that part of the world that have engendered hatred of and distrust for us.